Overview of noun hooks

The noun hooks has 1 sense

• hooks, meat hooks, maulers -- (large strong hand (as of a fighter); "wait till I get my hooks on him")

Overview of noun hook

The noun hook has 8 senses

• hook -- (a catch for locking a door)


• hook, crotchet -- (a sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook)


• bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener -- (anything that serves as an enticement)


• hook, claw -- (a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold or pull something)


• hook -- (a curved or bent implement for suspending or pulling something)


• hook, draw, hooking -- (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking")


• hook -- (a short swinging punch delivered from the side with the elbow bent)


• hook shot, hook -- (a basketball shot made over the head with the hand that is farther from the basket)

Overview of verb hook

The verb hook has 12 senses

• hook -- (fasten with a hook)


• overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook -- (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)


• crochet, hook -- (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day")


• hook -- (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)


• hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom -- (take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!")


• pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)


• hook -- (hit with a hook; "His opponent hooked him badly")


• hook -- (catch with a hook; "hook a fish")


• addict, hook -- (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))


• hook -- (secure with the foot; "hook the ball")


• hook, snare -- (entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers")


• hook, solicit, accost -- (approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park")